Former BBC Director Apologizes for Failure of Digital Project

Mark Thompson, now president and chief executive of The New York Times Company, testified that he had never “knowingly misled” Parliament over the project’s progress.

    



Parliament Asks Murdoch to Discuss Hacking

The British Parliament called on Rupert Murdoch to discuss recorded comments he made to journalists and newspaper executives in March about the culture of paying off police.

    

World Briefing | Africa: South Africa: Lawmakers Pass Contentious Secrecy Bill

South Africa’s Parliament on Thursday passed a much-criticized secrecy bill that will restrict access to information and impose hefty fines and jail terms on reporters who publish information the government classifies as secret.